Gameplay: Functions without bugs, feels pretty good, if a little on the slow side. Cozy simple cycle.
Creativity & Innovation: Cute concept reminiscent of a bare bones Va11-ha or Coffee Talk. Nothing super innovative, but taking good notes of whats been done before.
Theme Adherence: Solid theme adherence. Building bonds with clients and community.
Playability & User Experience: Very good. I'm honestly shocked this was done so within the jam. Also great at communicating how to play to players (mostly)
Art and Design: Cute hand drawn evoking style. Works well with the non-standard and expressive pixel art.
Overall Fun Factor: This has a good core loop that seems to be supported by a larger narrative to keep the players engagement. Solid choice for the type of systems implemented.
As an overall comment: This is really impressive. Fantastic job.
A very cool and chill experience; the dialogues are fun and interesting, and I surprised myself reading until the end and wanting to know more. The character designs are expressive and lovable, and the backgrounds are cute, making me eager to see more. In terms of gameplay, I feel there's already plenty to do with the available drinks and it's fun to discover all those. However, personally, I believe that switching between E and A isn't necessary, and having a single interaction button could provide a better feel. Anyway, great game!
Thank you for playing our game and for the review ♥
We are very glad that the dialogues were pleasing to read knowing that English is not our first language and the stories were written pretty fast on the last days haha (for instance, Ive seen too late that one order for a drink doesn't mean anything x)) We are taking notes for the interaction button! Thank you for your input~
Absolutely beautiful! I knew this game was going to be lovely just from the art, but I was surprised by how touching the narrative was and how fun the gameplay ended up being. I really enjoyed puzzling out what different customers wanted based on the wording of their requests and the little descriptions under each drink. The controls were very intuitive and this game is incredibly polished for being made in such a short amount of time.
Mr. Fow and Harry March were definitely my favorites. I love how their side story developed from funny little interactions to a genuinely emotional back-and-forth about learning to communicate and handling anxiety. If this game is ever expanded upon, I would love to see more stories and serving options (toppings, snacks, etc.). I made it to Day 11 but it seems like I saw at least most of the content—I was a little unsure on whether there was an end to the game, and I never made any relationship progress with the Frogberry customers (though maybe this was intentional, since Cat mentions that they’re “not very talkative”).
This was a wonderful experience and it’s clear that a lot of love was put into this game. Congrats on the job well done and thanks for sharing it with us!
About the end of the game, we didn't realize that you couldn't know if you have unlocked all stories oops, it was discussed at some point but then it was lost in the abyss by the end of the jam so sorry about that x) We made a hotfix and now you will have a popup announcing that you have indeed seen all the content available.
If you manage to reach the full heart of every character you can say that you reached the end. We disabled the possibility to bond with the Frogberries for this version, so you were right to assume nothing will happen with them haha
We would like to continue this project someday to add more characters, stories and a more diverse gameplay haha
Comments
Gameplay: Functions without bugs, feels pretty good, if a little on the slow side. Cozy simple cycle.
Creativity & Innovation: Cute concept reminiscent of a bare bones Va11-ha or Coffee Talk. Nothing super innovative, but taking good notes of whats been done before.
Theme Adherence: Solid theme adherence. Building bonds with clients and community.
Playability & User Experience: Very good. I'm honestly shocked this was done so within the jam. Also great at communicating how to play to players (mostly)
Art and Design: Cute hand drawn evoking style. Works well with the non-standard and expressive pixel art.
Overall Fun Factor: This has a good core loop that seems to be supported by a larger narrative to keep the players engagement. Solid choice for the type of systems implemented.
As an overall comment: This is really impressive. Fantastic job.
A very cool and chill experience; the dialogues are fun and interesting, and I surprised myself reading until the end and wanting to know more. The character designs are expressive and lovable, and the backgrounds are cute, making me eager to see more. In terms of gameplay, I feel there's already plenty to do with the available drinks and it's fun to discover all those. However, personally, I believe that switching between E and A isn't necessary, and having a single interaction button could provide a better feel. Anyway, great game!
Thank you for playing our game and for the review ♥
We are very glad that the dialogues were pleasing to read knowing that English is not our first language and the stories were written pretty fast on the last days haha (for instance, Ive seen too late that one order for a drink doesn't mean anything x))
We are taking notes for the interaction button! Thank you for your input~
I understand, me neither ^^' but very impressive so !
Absolutely beautiful! I knew this game was going to be lovely just from the art, but I was surprised by how touching the narrative was and how fun the gameplay ended up being. I really enjoyed puzzling out what different customers wanted based on the wording of their requests and the little descriptions under each drink. The controls were very intuitive and this game is incredibly polished for being made in such a short amount of time.
Mr. Fow and Harry March were definitely my favorites. I love how their side story developed from funny little interactions to a genuinely emotional back-and-forth about learning to communicate and handling anxiety. If this game is ever expanded upon, I would love to see more stories and serving options (toppings, snacks, etc.). I made it to Day 11 but it seems like I saw at least most of the content—I was a little unsure on whether there was an end to the game, and I never made any relationship progress with the Frogberry customers (though maybe this was intentional, since Cat mentions that they’re “not very talkative”).
This was a wonderful experience and it’s clear that a lot of love was put into this game. Congrats on the job well done and thanks for sharing it with us!
Thank you so much for the detailed review!
About the end of the game, we didn't realize that you couldn't know if you have unlocked all stories oops, it was discussed at some point but then it was lost in the abyss by the end of the jam so sorry about that x) We made a hotfix and now you will have a popup announcing that you have indeed seen all the content available.
If you manage to reach the full heart of every character you can say that you reached the end. We disabled the possibility to bond with the Frogberries for this version, so you were right to assume nothing will happen with them haha
We would like to continue this project someday to add more characters, stories and a more diverse gameplay haha
Extremely cute art
Thank you so much!!